Maintenance Craftsperson (Joinery)

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent UK healthcare provider is seeking a Maintenance Craftsperson (Joinery) to ensure the upkeep of joinery in hospital environments. Applicants must have a recognised joinery apprenticeship and relevant experience. This role in Newcastle involves working closely with clinical teams to maintain patient areas safely and may adapt to flexible working hours. A candidate with excellent communication and organisational skills is essential for success in delivering high-quality services.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive environment

Qualifications

• Experience in an NHS or hospital maintenance environment.
• Understanding of health and safety legislation.
• Ability to work with a variety of materials and specialty equipment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct joinery maintenance and repairs including bespoke furniture.
• Liaise with clinical teams to ensure safety during maintenance tasks.
• Undertake statutory inspections and repairs.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

IT literacy

Understanding of safety regulations

Education

Recognised Joinery Apprenticeship

City & Guilds qualification/NVQ level 3

Minimum ONC/BTech qualification

Tools

PC and IT tools

Woodworking machinery

Job description

Maintenance Craftsperson (Joinery)

The closing date is 25 January 2026

The Estates and Facilities Directorate is seeking to recruit a highly motivated Joiner at the Royal Victoria Infirmary.

To carry out joinery programmes, minor works and day to day reactive maintenance. The joinery programme is critical to achieving a suitable patient environment for all Wards and Departments to deliver the highest level of care.

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

• Interview Date: 18th February 2026
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be accountable directly to the joinery Supervisor and overall to the Estates Building Officer. The post holder will be expected to perform a wide range of duties covering all aspects of joinery maintenance applicable to the trade.

You will be required to interpret work from drawings, instructions and specifications; diagnose faults and carry out necessary repair permettre. In conjunction with the Joinery Supervisor you will liaise with clinical teams when carrying out work in patient areas to ensure patient safety and Infection Control is not compromised so good communication and organisational skills are paramount to being a success in this role. It is essential you have an understanding of other craftsmen's work in relation to their own discipline to provide a coherent service when carrying out both maintenance and minor work schemes.

You will have served a relevant and recognised craft apprenticeship in joinery to City and Guilds /NVQ level 3 and have relevant post‑apprenticeship experience.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients,ධand for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting‑edge care (supported by state‑of‑the‑art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

• To undertake planned preventative and reactive building maintenance duties, minor and major refurbishment works and manufacturing as required across all Trust properties and other areas of responsibility. Works to include:
  o Statutory inspection, maintenanceiston and repair of fire resistingdoor sets and upgrade when necessary.
  o Design, manufacture and installation of bespoke furniture and equipment.
  o Maintenance and repair of fixtures, fittings and equipment.
  o Locksmith duties eg. Installation and repair/reconditioning of door locks and furniture (inc. specialist hardware such as digitallocks, control drugs locks etc), controlled access and keycutting.
  o Window repairs including replacement glazingo Interpretation of technical drawings, measuring and setting out on site.
  o Installation of partition walls, ceilings and decorative mouldings which includes installation of approved fire stopping details where appropriate.
• Undertake condition surveys and communicate findings and recommendations.
• Completion and processing of mandatoryException documentation associated marr specific work tasks i.e. Fire Door and Window PPMs, Condition Surveys etc ensuring integration with the Directorate’s chosen Computer Aided Facilities Management System (CAFM).
• Remain aware of the direct affect and impact upon:
  o The environment,
  o Safety and comfort of patients, staff and members of the public.
  o Respond pro-actively as required.
• Involvement with processing documentation associated with Estates IT admin requirement

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

• Recognised Joinery Apprenticeship.
• City & Guilds qualification/NVQ level 3 or equivalent post apprenticeship experienceユー.
• Minimum ONC/BTech qualification (or equivalent experience).
• Recognised befinden qualification/training for the installation and maintenance of fire doors and/or installation of Fire Stopping (Q-Mark, FDIS, FIRAS etc. or equivalent).
• Current driving licence

Knowledge & Experience

• Comprehensive post apprenticeship experience, preferably in an NHS/hospital maintenance environment.
• An understanding of key Health and Safety and Fire Safety Legislation relevant to the Tir role.
• Post‑Apprenticeship experience within complex building services.
• Experience of working in an Acute Hospital environment.
• heel of knowledge of Health Technical Memoranda and Health Building Note Guidance Documents.

Skills & Abilities

• able to make workload assessments and allocation.
• ability to evaluate and solve problems in situ.
• ability to communicate verbally by phone and in writing to Senior Management and Clinical users throughout the Trust.
• PC and IT literate.
• ability to set up, use and work with specialist tools and equipment (inc. woodworking machinery and power tools) amazingly in accordance with HASWA, PUWER and Control of Noise Regulations etc._low potential works will include specialist Joinery and fabrication working with a wide range of materials which include rough sawn timber (softwood & hard buwood) and sheet materials.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust